Basic Trope: The Hero is Oblivious to Love.
- Straight: Charles is The Hero and always defeats Emperor Evulz. Women have shown affection toward him on a number of occasions, but he's Oblivious to Love.
- Exaggerated: Charles is a Chick Magnet with 100 self-proclaimed girlfriends, but thinks of them as nothing more than The Load.
- Downplayed: Charles has a canonical "Love Interest" in Alice. She's in love with him, but he thinks they're Platonic Life-Partners or Just Friends.
- Justified:
- Charles isn't the brightest thing on two legs.
- If Charles is a Kid Hero, he doesn't understand the concept of love yet.
- Charles is Aromantic/Asexual.
- Inverted:
- Charles is a Casanova Wannabe, while the women on the show are Oblivious to Love.
- Emperor Evulz is blind to the allure his power and charisma afford him, no matter how many would-be consorts throw themselves at his feet.
- Subverted:
- It turns out that Charles understands love. He was just pretending not to understand because he's uninterested or asexual.
- Alternatively, Charles is afraid of starting a relationship, only for his enemies to target his love interest. He pretends not to understand their feelings because he's aware they might choose to stick with him even after explaining himself.
- Double Subverted: His even dumber sidekick, Ivan, is still clueless as to why most women like him.
- Parodied: Charles has never heard the word "love" before. When a woman says "I love you" and kisses him, he looks up the word "love" in a dictionary. Even after looking it up, he still doesn't get it.
- Zig Zagged: Charles seems confused when Alice confesses to him, but happily agrees to go on a date with her. Once she's gone, he asks Bob what a "date" is.
- Averted:
- Charles understands love and is aware that women are in love with him.
- No woman loves Charles.
- Enforced: "We want to show our hero as mildly insane, but lovable. Let's make him Oblivious to Love."
- Lampshaded: "I love you, Charles." "Why do women keep saying that to me?"
- Invoked: Charles knows what love is at first, but then Emperor Evulz erases it from his brain.
- Exploited: Thanks to Charles being Oblivious to Love. A lot of succubi and seductresses wouldn't be able to seduce or charm the guy.
- Defied: Charles asks what "love" is.
- Discussed: "At least I know you're in love with me. Some airhead 'heroes' don't understand love."
- Conversed: "Why doesn't Charles understand that those women are in love with him?"
- Deconstructed: When Alice confesses her feelings to Charles, his confusion on the topic of love causes him to have conflicting feelings that overtake and haunt him. This confusion makes Alice think he doesn't love her, breaking her heart.
- Reconstructed: Charles simply just tells her that the two can be Just Friends. There's no need for anything bad between them; He just feels like they could be the best of friends! Alice decides that it's simply just better to follow his advice. After all, soul mates don't have to be romantic.
- Implied: Women often look at Charles and sigh, but he never seems to notice.
- Played For Laughs: As a Running Gag, Charles always has to push past his Unwanted Harem to go between Troperville and Emperor Evulz's castle. (The women surround the city.) Sometimes he tells them, "Move aside, ladies, or I'll use my enchanted sword on you!", but it's always an empty threat.
- Played For Drama: It's not an empty threat; Charles kills several of his lovers with the sword.
Back to Chaste Hero. Also, I dunno why you keep telling me "Will you marry me" this, "You're the apple of my eye" that... It's just odd.
